World Wildlife Fund

Recent Press Releases

• U.S. Lags Behind G8 Nations in Growing Clean Energy Economy, Reducing Emissions   July 01, 2009
  

  As Congress debates landmark energy and climate legislation, a new analysis released today finds the United States lags far behind most other G8 nations in building a clean energy economy and cutting greenhouse gas pollution.

• Feedback on Draft Standards for Pangasius Aquaculture to be Focus of August Dialogue Meeting   July 01, 2009
  

  Feedback on draft global standards for pangasius aquaculture that was received during the first public comment period for the standards will be reviewed at the next meeting of the Pangasius Aquaculture Dialogue, to be held August 5-6 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

• WWF Welcomes House Passage Of Landmark Energy And Climate Legislation   June 26, 2009
  

  June 26, 2009 – In a bipartisan vote, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed landmark legislation that would constitute America’s biggest step to date in responding to the energy and climate crises.   

• Elephant-size loopholes sustain Thai ivory trade   June 25, 2009
  

  Legal loopholes and insufficient law enforcement mean that Thailand continues to harbour the largest illegal ivory market in Asia, says a new report from the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC.

• World Wildlife Fund and GLOBALGAP Partner on Aquaculture Dialogue Standards   June 24, 2009
  

  WASHINGTON, DC and KOELN, GERMANY: GLOBALGAP will offer an expansion to its program so aquaculture producers can be certified in one step for implementing practices that help ensure the production of safe food in conjunction with environmentally and socially responsible farming.

• Abalone Aquaculture Dialogue to Meet in Thailand in July   June 18, 2009
  

  The Abalone Aquaculture Dialogue will convene its next meeting in Pattaya, Thailand to encourage producers, conservationists, scientists and others to provide input on the development of global standards for the abalone farming industry – an industry that produces almost 70 percent of the abalone consumed worldwide.

• Climate Change Impacts Being Felt From Coast To Coast, U.S. Government Announces   June 16, 2009
  

  Every region of the United States – from the East Coast to the West Coast, plus Alaska and Hawaii – is experiencing significant, adverse impacts from climate change including droughts, floods, heat waves and wildfires – and these widespread impacts will grow during the course of the century, concludes a major new report issued today by the White Hou

• Don’t break promises, help the poorest fight climate change – WWF tells G8 finance chiefs   June 11, 2009
  

  The G8 must stick to its past financial commitments to help the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs) address the disastrous impacts of climate change, WWF said ahead of a meeting of the group’s finance ministers.

• WWF, Other NGOs Draft Benchmark Copenhagen Climate Treaty   June 09, 2009
  

  Climate change experts from leading non-governmental organizations today unveiled their blueprint for a legally binding Copenhagen agreement. This will serve as the benchmark for governments negotiating a new climate deal this year and shows how major differences between rich and poor nations can be overcome.

• Press Release - Launch of New Initiative in Mexico   June 04, 2009
  

  WWF, along with the Fundación Carlos Slim and the Mexican Federal Government, today launched an initiative that aims to establish Mexico as a global model for conservation by protecting its rich natural heritage and promoting sustainable development within six priority regions that collectively represent 30 percent of the country.